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In this video, I talk about key ideas from Jeff Haden’s book The Motivation Myth and share my take on how motivation really works in language learning. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:06 Motivation and achievement 3:00 Establishing processes 5:10 The importance of habits 6:43 External motivation 7:45 Staying open-minded 9:57 Overall attitude 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/pEIerEELdVE?si=7r1sEWf79dTMV1nF https://youtu.be/FlARzYY1Mo8?si=mZEnSu1gyvhfCMt9 🎙️ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK 💡 LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve

How to decide which words are worth learning and which are not? Here's my answer.

Why you shouldn't compare your language skills to others and how to use comparison to motivate yourself.

Contrary to popular belief, I think it's more important to seek out low-frequency words.

Contrary to the popular belief, kanji can be learned naturally through input.

In this video I talk about my mindset when it comes to comparison in language learning.

In this video I talk about why perfectionism has no place in language learning and how our brains actually use mistakes to learn. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Perfectionism vs. constant improvement 1:16 Why we NEED to make mistakes 2:09 Predictions and errors in language learning 6:41 The cause of perfectionism 8:25 How to keep improving? 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/FlARzYY1Mo8?si=lkvyrly6NMl4vviw https://youtu.be/xJ566pD8_C8?si=7j5LVyPw2eR9arAZ 🎙️ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK 💡 LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve

Some dos and don'ts of starting a new language.